14 Academy Award-Nominated Movies: One Thing in Common
23.05.12
“Great films depend on great storytelling and our technology is designed
to enable artistic vision,” said Marc Petit, senior vice president,
Autodesk Media & Entertainment. “We congratulate the multitalented teams
of artists from North America, New Zealand, Europe and Asia, and we are
proud of Autodesk software’s role in helping them create these
extraordinary movies.”
Best Visual Effects
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” — UK-based visual
effects (VFX) studios Double Negative, MPC and Framestore each used Autodesk
Maya 3D animation and rendering software to help create the visually
extravagant effects for this final installment in the Harry Potter
franchise. Double Negative VFX Supervisor David Vickery said, “Maya has
been the lynchpin of our pipeline since ‘Goblet of Fire.’ For this film,
Maya helped us build a fully computer-generated (CG) Hogwarts in a
massive 3D environment, including a spectacular mountain range and an
animated fire-breathing dragon digitally modeled with Autodesk
Mudbox software.” MPC VFX Supervisor Greg Butler added, “From the
first film in the ‘Potter’ series through to this film’s final shot, MPC
has relied on Maya for modeling, rigging and lighting.” Andy Kind,
Framestore VFX supervisor said, "Autodesk's Maya once again was our
go-to tool, enabling us to bring to life the magic of the Chamber of
Secrets for Ron and Hermione's first kiss, as well as Harry's vision of
Heaven. We couldn't have done any of the eight films without it!"
Source: EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)